Rethinking the Grid: Nanogrids for Home Owners, Businesses and Communities
Tuesday, March 19, 2019 | 12:45 - 1:45 pm
The electricity grid is in the midst of a paradigm shift. Consumers are rapidly turning into prosumers coupled with a demand for more insight and control over energy production and consumption. Whether motivated by financial savings, environmental stewardship, or concerns of safety and security in the face of increased power outages, individuals, business owners and communities are investing in their own personal nano grids. Reducing electricity costs when the utility grid is functioning and supplying readily configurable power during grid failures, smart micro grids consist of solar, storage and dynamic load management offering full smart home energy control. This talk will discuss the social, economic and technical drivers for adopting nanogrids and how such adoption can be a win-win for consumers and utilities.
Speakers
Speakers
Dr. Anna Demeo
Director of Smart Grid R&D
Racepoint Energy
Dr. Anna Demeo is the Director of Smart Grid R&D for Racepoint Energy. She has worked in industry as an electrical engineer specializing in system design for over 20 years. She has worked in numerous industries including telecom, IP network infrastructure, marine systems, power systems and smart-grid technology. Dr. Demeo's current research focuses on monitoring and control of adaptive smart grids with high penetration of renewable energy that leverage current and future markets. A related area of research is utilizing a systems engineering approach to model and design community-scale renewable energy solutions for small businesses and municipalities, compatible with incremental capital investment.
Dr. Demeo has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado, an MS in Marine Bio Resources from the University of Maine and a PhD in Engineering in the Natural Sciences from Mechanical Engineering at University of Maine, Orono. She has consulted with businesses and universities in the U.S. and Europe and was a Visiting Professor at the Energy Center at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland in 2017/2018. Dr. Demeo's academic teaching was featured in the business section of the NY Times.
Director of Smart Grid R&D
Racepoint Energy
Dr. Anna Demeo is the Director of Smart Grid R&D for Racepoint Energy. She has worked in industry as an electrical engineer specializing in system design for over 20 years. She has worked in numerous industries including telecom, IP network infrastructure, marine systems, power systems and smart-grid technology. Dr. Demeo's current research focuses on monitoring and control of adaptive smart grids with high penetration of renewable energy that leverage current and future markets. A related area of research is utilizing a systems engineering approach to model and design community-scale renewable energy solutions for small businesses and municipalities, compatible with incremental capital investment.
Dr. Demeo has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado, an MS in Marine Bio Resources from the University of Maine and a PhD in Engineering in the Natural Sciences from Mechanical Engineering at University of Maine, Orono. She has consulted with businesses and universities in the U.S. and Europe and was a Visiting Professor at the Energy Center at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland in 2017/2018. Dr. Demeo's academic teaching was featured in the business section of the NY Times.
Aron Bowman
Chief Operating Officer
ELM FieldSight
Aron has been with ELM since 2014. After majoring in manufacturing engineering at Bradley University, Aron spent 15 years at eServ, a product and processes development firm that was acquired by Perot Systems in 2006 which in turn was acquired by Dell Technologies in 2009. Over the course of his career Aron has held positions as mechanical engineer, lead engineer, technical account manager and account executive for customers including Caterpillar, Harley Davidson, Whirlpool, General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon.
Over the last 5 years at ELM, Aron has been responsible for leading the FieldSight product line which provides IoT-based products for smart energy, microgrid, distributed energy and compliance-as-a-service solutions while also managing relationships with both customers and strategic partners such as Dell, Intel and Microsoft. In his personal time Aron participates as an advisory board member for a technology startup in Frisco, TX, volunteers for multiple activities at his children's schools and has coached football, basketball and baseball as they have grown up.
Chief Operating Officer
ELM FieldSight
Aron has been with ELM since 2014. After majoring in manufacturing engineering at Bradley University, Aron spent 15 years at eServ, a product and processes development firm that was acquired by Perot Systems in 2006 which in turn was acquired by Dell Technologies in 2009. Over the course of his career Aron has held positions as mechanical engineer, lead engineer, technical account manager and account executive for customers including Caterpillar, Harley Davidson, Whirlpool, General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon.
Over the last 5 years at ELM, Aron has been responsible for leading the FieldSight product line which provides IoT-based products for smart energy, microgrid, distributed energy and compliance-as-a-service solutions while also managing relationships with both customers and strategic partners such as Dell, Intel and Microsoft. In his personal time Aron participates as an advisory board member for a technology startup in Frisco, TX, volunteers for multiple activities at his children's schools and has coached football, basketball and baseball as they have grown up.